What happened in the past year? Let's see... *pushes her glasses up her nose* ...
1. Lousy start of year. Bad campusing, weird companies, demoralized 4th year students. Troublesome time for all of us. Preparations were in full swing for aptitude.
2. Got through in Syntel pool campus. Could not clear the group discussion of all things. Got to know of my shortcomings. Cried too. It taught me that life is neither fair nor neat and orderly. You just got to make it so.
3. Got through in Tech Mahindra on 26th January. Republic Day had never been sweeter for us! But was upset about Surajit not bagging it.
4. Had better luck than last year in wearing a saree on Saraswati puja. Did not look too weird, did not mess up while having khichdi in college, and had a good time.
5. One of my close friends at college started behaving in a weird way. But that was just a phase (though it lasted quite a while). It passed.
6. Got to know about a person called Nick Vujicic. He doesn't have arms and legs. But he is happy and goes around on his own. He made me feel grateful for the way I am.
7. Kuntal's birthday treat at a restaurant near Lord's to me, Solanki, Shreya, Surajit. Surajit, the mixing specialist, and Kuntal, the accomplice, executed weird plans which we three girls will never forget in the near future!
8. Surajit got through in Foradian technologies. Finally, everybody among my close friends at college were placed.
9. Got letter of intent. Another phase of madness and confusion arose as to what to do and when. Plus, some of us apparently had not got the LOI. Even more confusion.
10. Got to see St. Paul's Cathedral for the first time. Lovely place. Will never forget it.
11. Tech Mahindra tea party came up.
12. I had the most memorable birthday ever! Shubhangini, Solanki, Monalisa, Surajit and Kuntal came over to my home and we had an amazing day. Gift from friends? An amazing, amazing, amazing tee-shirt which was so thoughtfully and meticulously hand painted by all five of them plus a huge hand-painted picture of us four (Solanki, me, Shubhangini and Monalisa) by Solanki with messages at the back. Gift from parents? The cellphone I had been wishing for.
13. Ugly breakup of one of my friends. I went cold with rage and hatred. I still wish I could have done more for her to heal.
14. Program for Final Year Project for college worked! We went on with the report for it.
15. Last day of college with a lot of chocolates, laughter, photo sessions, writing on college uniforms by friends. I still have the shirt in my wardrobe.
16. Farewell in college. Wore saree for that one too. Again, thankfully, did not look too hideous! Got the see the crazy side of Shreya too.
17. Got joining letter. But the happiness was not complete and short-lived. Solanki had her DOJ postponed. Harrowing time for her.
18. Got more confident about myself and developed more self respect. Became very outspoken about sexual harassment and violence against women when I became aware of many incidents and experiences through the facebook page of Shoot At Sight (an anti-harassment group).
19. Pre-employment medical checkup. Met Zaved and Sadananda for the first time who would later on become my co-workers at office. Though did not have a very pleasant experience at the time!
20. Joined the IT workforce! Got to know how harrowing it is to travel to and from work. Learned more about dealing with situations. Got an amazing batch and great batchmates who helped each other achieve and did not work against each other behind their backs. It is very rare to get that.
21. Got to know the feeling of getting THE first salary. Finally I could buy stuff for my parents and brother and surprise them.
22. Got fooled by Solanki and company in the worst way possible. Practical joke! I'm never gonna believe that Pritha is a harmless girl again!
23. Got put off by facebook due to smart lists for a while and deactivated my account for a month! But lately this timeline thing has been interesting.
24. Bought my first hairdrier. Makes life easier in winter!
25. Met Surajit after a long time. Made me happy to see him as an independent and more mature person though he still has his weird laughter!
26. Took a step towards realizing my future plans. Also, understood how hard it might get and that I might have to stick my neck out. I'm going to try my best in being more responsible.
Wonder what 2012 will bring ...
1. Lousy start of year. Bad campusing, weird companies, demoralized 4th year students. Troublesome time for all of us. Preparations were in full swing for aptitude.
2. Got through in Syntel pool campus. Could not clear the group discussion of all things. Got to know of my shortcomings. Cried too. It taught me that life is neither fair nor neat and orderly. You just got to make it so.
3. Got through in Tech Mahindra on 26th January. Republic Day had never been sweeter for us! But was upset about Surajit not bagging it.
4. Had better luck than last year in wearing a saree on Saraswati puja. Did not look too weird, did not mess up while having khichdi in college, and had a good time.
5. One of my close friends at college started behaving in a weird way. But that was just a phase (though it lasted quite a while). It passed.
6. Got to know about a person called Nick Vujicic. He doesn't have arms and legs. But he is happy and goes around on his own. He made me feel grateful for the way I am.
7. Kuntal's birthday treat at a restaurant near Lord's to me, Solanki, Shreya, Surajit. Surajit, the mixing specialist, and Kuntal, the accomplice, executed weird plans which we three girls will never forget in the near future!
8. Surajit got through in Foradian technologies. Finally, everybody among my close friends at college were placed.
9. Got letter of intent. Another phase of madness and confusion arose as to what to do and when. Plus, some of us apparently had not got the LOI. Even more confusion.
10. Got to see St. Paul's Cathedral for the first time. Lovely place. Will never forget it.
11. Tech Mahindra tea party came up.
12. I had the most memorable birthday ever! Shubhangini, Solanki, Monalisa, Surajit and Kuntal came over to my home and we had an amazing day. Gift from friends? An amazing, amazing, amazing tee-shirt which was so thoughtfully and meticulously hand painted by all five of them plus a huge hand-painted picture of us four (Solanki, me, Shubhangini and Monalisa) by Solanki with messages at the back. Gift from parents? The cellphone I had been wishing for.
13. Ugly breakup of one of my friends. I went cold with rage and hatred. I still wish I could have done more for her to heal.
14. Program for Final Year Project for college worked! We went on with the report for it.
15. Last day of college with a lot of chocolates, laughter, photo sessions, writing on college uniforms by friends. I still have the shirt in my wardrobe.
16. Farewell in college. Wore saree for that one too. Again, thankfully, did not look too hideous! Got the see the crazy side of Shreya too.
17. Got joining letter. But the happiness was not complete and short-lived. Solanki had her DOJ postponed. Harrowing time for her.
18. Got more confident about myself and developed more self respect. Became very outspoken about sexual harassment and violence against women when I became aware of many incidents and experiences through the facebook page of Shoot At Sight (an anti-harassment group).
19. Pre-employment medical checkup. Met Zaved and Sadananda for the first time who would later on become my co-workers at office. Though did not have a very pleasant experience at the time!
20. Joined the IT workforce! Got to know how harrowing it is to travel to and from work. Learned more about dealing with situations. Got an amazing batch and great batchmates who helped each other achieve and did not work against each other behind their backs. It is very rare to get that.
21. Got to know the feeling of getting THE first salary. Finally I could buy stuff for my parents and brother and surprise them.
22. Got fooled by Solanki and company in the worst way possible. Practical joke! I'm never gonna believe that Pritha is a harmless girl again!
23. Got put off by facebook due to smart lists for a while and deactivated my account for a month! But lately this timeline thing has been interesting.
24. Bought my first hairdrier. Makes life easier in winter!
25. Met Surajit after a long time. Made me happy to see him as an independent and more mature person though he still has his weird laughter!
26. Took a step towards realizing my future plans. Also, understood how hard it might get and that I might have to stick my neck out. I'm going to try my best in being more responsible.
Wonder what 2012 will bring ...
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